TALLAHASSEE — Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater hopes lawmakers continue to show patience with a 2012 law designed to reduce fraud in the state's "no-fault" auto-insurance system.
And he may get his wish, as legislators don't appear...

TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Senate's budget chairman announced Thursday he was blocking a proposal to give in-state tuition to undocumented college students whose parents immigrated to the country illegally.
The bill, SB 1400, sponsored by Sen. Jack...

TALLAHASSEE — The winners of almost half of the 120 Florida House seats have already been decided — or are all but decided.
After Tuesday's primary elections, 46 seats have been won, either by candidates running unopposed or by candidates...

There are so many tasty, sweet and fruity e-cigarette flavors at iVape Palm Beach, you might feel like a kid in a candy store.
But the shop's policy is not to sell to anyone under 18, said Shang Le, owner of the Boynton Beach shop.
On Tuesday, that...

There are so many tasty, sweet and fruity e-cigarette flavors under the counter at Smoke This Too in Wilton Manors, you might feel like a kid in a candy store.
But the shop's policy is not to sell the electronic cigarettes to anyone under 18, said manager Debbie Emmel. On Tuesday, that practice will become law in Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott this month signed a bill making it illegal to sell e-cigarettes to minors and for minors to possess them. Florida joins states including Oklahoma, Kentucky,...

Above the counter at eCigsSource in Orlando, three large blackboards tout dozens of e-cigarette flavors, including "Fruit Loops," bubble gum and PB&J.
Although the sweetness might appeal to kids, no one younger than 18 is allowed to buy electronic cigarettes at the Audubon Park shop, said Scott Van de Bogert, one of the owners of eCigsSource. On Tuesday, that policy will become law in Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott this month signed a bill making it illegal to sell e-cigarettes to minors and for minors to...

The state administrator in charge of identifying sex predators who are too dangerous for society resigned Thursday, a day after the Sun Sentinel raised questions about his views and record.
Under Dan Montaldi's leadership, the number of potential predators identified by the state dropped by more than half, the Sun Sentinel found. In writings obtained by the newspaper, Montaldi advocated a narrow definition of a predator and defended the rights of sex offenders — a philosophy that one lawmaker said...

Yellow school buses could be decorated with commercial advertising under a bill the Senate education committee passed today. Selling such ads could raise $250,000 a year for a district with 200 buses, said Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, the bill's sponsor.

Florida Senate Presidnet Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, has created a seventh leadership position for the majority party, and given it to state Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Wellington. She'll serve as deputy majority leader. The Republican majority has 28

TALLAHASSEE– Elected officials from around the state are releasing statements on the passing of state GOP Chair David Bitner, who lost his battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, this morning. Here are some of the statements we've collected so far. Att